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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Reuven enjoys listening to a symphony by what composer on the radio in Chapter 5?
(a) Bach.
(b) Tchaikovsky.
(c) Mozart.
(d) Beethoven.

2. What is the name of the Malters’ housekeeper in Chapter 5?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Manya.
(c) Irina.
(d) Rebecca.

3. In Chapter 14, Reuven’s Talmud teacher poses an unexpected question about the reconciliation and Reuven dismisses it as what?
(a) Seder.
(b) Pilpul.
(c) Gematriya.
(d) Kosher.

4. What organization does Reb Saunders originate and develop in Chapter 14?
(a) The League for a Religious Eretz Yisroel.
(b) The Society for Enlightened Women.
(c) The League for the State of Israel.
(d) The Yiddish Society of Rabbis.

5. Reb Saunders intends to boycott shop owners who are supporters of what in Chapter 14?
(a) Gematriya.
(b) Shabbat.
(c) Pilpul.
(d) Zionism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Reuven comes to believe that his Talmud teacher sympathizes with what viewpoint in the end of Chapter 14?

2. The Malters’ housekeeper is from where in the novel?

3. Reuven is called on the first week of which month to discuss texts from the Talmud in his new Talmud class in Chapter 14?

4. Reuven Malter’s home is described as what in Chapter 5?

5. Reuven begins attending whose Talmud class in Chapter 14?

(see the answer key)

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